City: Nashville
BERRY, Coburn Dewess, lawyer; born Nashville, Tenn.; son of William T. and Mary (Tannehill) BERRY; his father was a book dealer; Scotch, Irish and English descent; paternal grandparents Humphrey B. and Elizabeth (Tyler) BERRY, maternal grandparents Willins and Eliza (Dewess) TANNEHILL; educated in common schools of Davidson County and Hopkins Grammar School; graduated Yale College, New Haven, Conn., A. B., 1868; M.A., 1871; married Amanda KIRKMAN, October 19, 1873; he was admitted to the bar in 1870, and began practice of law in Nashville; is at present a Trustee of the University of Nashville.
